| OCR Text |
Show Record number pre-registers Advance registration for winter quarter set an all-time mark with 16,173 students participating, nearly 2,000 more than the previous pre-vious record, C.A. Reeder, Jr. registrar, said Friday. Individual class requests topped 80,000 and the computer was able to schedule all but 5,000 of them the same number not honored autumn quarter. But, autumn quarter had fewer students stu-dents participating, he added. One reason that students did not get the classes they wanted was that they requested free time at the same hour their class was offered. Free time requests have top priority Mr. Reeder said. General Ed Filled On the other hand, some classes were filled because of their demand-particularly general education educa-tion and lower division courses. Previously, he said, if a student couldn't get into Psychology 105 during advance registration, he could pick up Sociology 101 at in-person registration. But this time both classes were filled during the 25-minute computer run which registers most of the students. A few students got into the wrong classes because they either copied down the wrong course request numbers or key-punch operators couldn't read their writing. To eliminate errors during keypunching, key-punching, each card is punched by two different operators. "Some nines look like sevens and both operators punch the wrong number." Mr. Reeder said. May Eliminate Keypunch He explained that his office is considering a mark-sense system which would be similar to machine scored test forms used on campus. Then, key-punching would be eliminated and handwriting hand-writing problems would be minimized. mini-mized. Some students requested two or more classes taught at the same hour and received them. "If they ask for two classes at the same hour, we'll give them to them." Mr. Reeder said. Improvements in the registration registra-tion system cut in-person registration registra-tion from eight to four hours. Students were scheduled to register in blocks at an appointed hour. The first group's course change cards were mailed to them so they wouldn't have to wait in line to get their materials, Mr. Reeder noted. Will Use Two Buildings "In the past, we've been liberal about students not coming at their appointed hour, but from now on we won't," Mr. Reeder said. Also, next quarter, in-person registration will be done in two buildings, Milton Bennion and Orson Or-son Spencer Halls because of the large numbers that participate. In the future Students will be able to sit down with a registration registra-tion specialist during the middle of a quarter, and register for the next quarter by using a direct link with the computer, Mr. Reeder said. This system is in early planning plan-ning staees. |
